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62 Cards in this Set
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FOIL
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TO THWART, DEFEAT, STOP FROM HAPPENING
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HARANGUE
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A RANTING SPEECH
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INCENDIARY
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1. CAUSING RIOT, DEMOGAGUE
2. STARTS A FIRE |
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INEFFABLE
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1. CAN'T BE DESCRIBED IN WORDS
2. SHOULD NOT BE MENTIONED, TABOO |
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INEXORABLE
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INCAPABLE OF BEING PERSUADED OR PLACATED
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INEXTRICABLE
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HOPELESSLY TANGLED, CAN'T BE EXTRACTED OR SOLVED
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KUDOS
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COMPLEMENTS, PRAISE
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INTIMATION
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A HINT, AN INDIRECT SUGGESTION
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LIBERTARIAN
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ADVOCATES FREE WILL, LIBERTY AND NO GOVERNMENT
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NONDESCRIPT
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LACKING A DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER, DOESN'T STAND OUT, NOT FANCY
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PEJORATIVE
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DEROGATORY, DEFAMING
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OSTRACISM
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TO SHUN, EXCLUDE
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PACIFIC
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SOOTHING, CAUSING PEACE
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PERT
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FLIPPANT, BOLD
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PHLEGMATIC
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UNRESPONSIVE, SLUGGISH, UNINTERESTED
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PLENITUDE
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AN ABUNDANCE
PLENTY |
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PORTENT, PORTENTIOUS
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AN OMEN
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PRIMEVAL
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ORIGINAL, ANCIENT
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PRIVATION
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TO BE DEPRIVED
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PROPITIOUS
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FAVORABLE, good omen
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PREPOSSESSING
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OCCUPIES MIND BY EXCLUDING EVERYTHING ELSE
"POSSESSES THE MIND" |
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PRESCRIBE
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TO LAY DOWN A RULE, TO SAY WHAT YOU MUST DO
PRESCRIPTION |
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PRURIENT
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INTERESTED IN SEX, SEX RELATED
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RAIL
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TO PROTEST, SCOLD
RAIL AGAINST |
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REPROBATE
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EVIL, WITHOUT MORALS OR PRINCIPLES
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SEMAPHORE
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A VISUAL SIGNAL
LIKE PAUL REVERE'S LANTERNS |
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SOLIPSISTIC
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BELIEVING ONESELF IS ALL THAT EXISTS, NARCISSISTIC
SOL=ONE |
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TEMPERANCE
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TO MODERATE , DOING THINGS IN MODERATION
TEMPERATE |
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YOKE
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TO JOIN OR LINK TOGETHER
YOKE WITH OXEN JOINS TO OXEN TOGETHER |
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ASCRIBE
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To attribute to, to refer to
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TO ATTRIBUTE
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To ascribe, to refer to
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ALLUDE
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To refer to
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INGENUOUS
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FRANK, HONEST, SINCERE
OPPOSITE OF "DISINGENUOUS" |
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DESULTORY
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WANDERING, AIMLESS, WAYWARD
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STRICTURED
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CONSTRICTS, PUTS LIMITS ON
LIKE A "BOA CONSTRICTOR" |
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MARSHALL
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1. TO ORGANIZE
"MARSHALL MY ASSETS" 2. WAR RELATED |
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COMPLICIT
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TOGETHER GUILTY IN A TRANSGRESSION OR CRIME
"ACCOMPLICE" |
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PRECLUDE
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TO KEEP FROM HAPPENING AHEAD OF TIME
"PRE - CONCLUDE" |
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UNREMITTING
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NEVER GIVES UP, PERSERVERE
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TO REMIT
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TO SEND IN
REMIT YOUR PAYMENT |
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CONTRIVE, CONTRIVANCE
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TO CREATE SOMETHING, OR ACT, IN A DISINGENUOUS WAY
A TRICK |
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GUMPTION
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GUTS, WILLING TO TAKE ON THINGS
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SALIENT
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VERY IMPORTANT
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CLANDESTINE
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SECRETIVE, SURREPTITIOUS
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ACQUIESCE
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TO GIVE IN, TO SAY YES TO
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PRECIPITATE
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TO CAUSE TO HAPPEN
RAIN, SNOW |
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AGGREGATE
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TO ADD TOGETHER
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PREMISE
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UNDERLYING ASSUMPTION
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ABJECT
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VERY DOWN AND OUT
ABJECT POVERTY |
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FORLORN
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HOPELESSLY SAD, WRETCHED
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MELANCHOLY
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SAD, DEJECTED
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TRUSS
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A SUPPORT BEAM
BRIDGES ARE MADE OF TRUSSES |
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INTERPOLATE
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TO INSERT BETWEEN,
ALSO TO ADULTERATE |
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PRIVATION
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TO BE DEPRIVED
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REDOUBTABLE
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INTIMIDATING, FORMIDABLE, CAUSING AWE, IMPRESSIVE
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PROXY
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AUTHORITY OR POWER TO ACT FOR ANOTHER, SUBSTITUTE POWER TO SOMEONE
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PERIPATETIC
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WANDERING, ITINERANT, WAYWARD
PERI = AROUND |
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EPITHET
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SHORT SAYING DESCRIBING A PERSON OR THING
CAN BE DISPARAGING, LIKE "PIZZA FACE" EPI- SHORT |
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REBUS
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A REPRESENTATION OF WORDS USING PICTURES OR SYMBOLS THAT RESEMBLE THE WORDS
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HERETICAL
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HERETIC, NON-BELIEVER
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TYRO
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A NEOPHYTE, NEWBIE
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INCHOATE
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NASCENT, STARTING TO FORM
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